A Statistical Account of Bengal: Districts of Bardwan, Bankura, and Birbhum
Author : William Wilson Hunter
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Page : 478 pages
File Size : 21,39 MB
Release : 1876
Category : Bengal (India)
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Author : William Wilson Hunter
Publisher :
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 21,39 MB
Release : 1876
Category : Bengal (India)
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Author : Sir William Wilson Hunter
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Page : 482 pages
File Size : 39,12 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Bengal (India)
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Author : Biplab Dasgupta
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 37,77 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Bengal (India)
ISBN : 1843310287
This first of three volumes focuses on the evolution of Bengal's economy and society over the entire pre-colonial period beginning from pre-historic days. There is no documented, authentic history of Bengal. Indeed, more of the early history of India can be learned from the writings of other nationals. Yet even this material is very much related to chronologies of regimes and local to urban settlements and centres of trade. There remains little or no information on the villages where the vast majority lived and still live. Furthermore, until this work, little or no consideration has been given to the hugely influential period between Vasco de Gama's journey to India in 1498 and the battle of Palashi in 1757, a period in which the Mughal Empire held political power while the English, Dutch, French and Danes and other European nations grasped and held on to economic power. Much has been written on the Mughal Empire, but little of the role of the European trading companies in the two and a half centuries preceding Clive's victory. This book addresses that void and seeks also to explore the political, social and historical context in Bengal that facilitated the transfer of power into European hands. Given such a lack of source information, the author examines oral history, carried from generation to generation, recognizing their fallibility, but using those histories to corroborate what is known from other sources - from archaeological findings (coins, inscriptions, copper plates) through (invariably biased or localized) accounts from travellers, to economic, agricultural and ecological factors - relating them to known chronological events to provide a well-rounded history and, indeed, a study that uncovers the roots of the many issues in the colonial and post-colonial eras.
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Page : 158 pages
File Size : 35,97 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Bengal (India)
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Author : Ramendranārāẏaṇa Nāga
Publisher : Calcutta : Classic Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 16,53 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Bengal (India)
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Page : 466 pages
File Size : 23,88 MB
Release : 1920
Category : India
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Author : Rachel Fell McDermott
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 50,2 MB
Release : 2001-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0198030711
This book chronicles the rise of goddess worship in the region of Bengal from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present. Focusing on the goddesses Kali and Uma, McDermott examines lyrical poems written by devotees from Ramprasad Sen (ca. 1718-1775) to Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976).
Author : Asiatic Society of Bengal
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Page : 1162 pages
File Size : 16,94 MB
Release : 1911
Category : India
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Author : Asiatic Society (Kolkata, India)
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Page : 1162 pages
File Size : 28,78 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Asia
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Includes indexes to Numismatic supplements.
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Page : 1172 pages
File Size : 18,97 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Asia
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Includes section "Numismatic supplement," no. 5-45 (previously issued in the society's Journal, later in its Journal, 3rd ser.).